RIUP Personas

Owned by Noreen Whysel
Nov 21, 2023
1 min read

Personas

The following 4 personas were selected as representing the edges of the user space which includes two people that are fully functional in a digital world and two that are not.

  1. Abbey, the soccer mom balancing a work life with a family at home.

Abbey’s household consists of her, a spouse and one child with a smartphone and one that is too young to trust with a smartphone and is about to enter school for the first time.

  1. Ichiro, the computer professional

Ichiro works for a large multinational as a contractor at home. He has a laptop issued by the company and his personal phone that he also uses for business purposes. He wants to keep his business and personal access separate. His wife has dementia and cannot be relied on to handle her phone by herself.

  1. Juan, the severely disabled adult dependent on a support system

Juan’s caregiver has a phone that is assigned to Juan as it contains his medical history as well as a care plan that must be followed to assure his continued health. Juan’s phone travels with him whenever he needs to go to the hospital for treatment, which is frequent. The caregivers at all of these locations can access and update data for Juan on his smartphone.

  1. Maya, the teenager who is alone on the streets

Maya, a teenager with a malfunctioning kidney, left a home environment that was extremely hostile and lives on the streets where she has a constant struggle to stay safe on cold nights and deal with her continuing kidney disease. She depends on her smart phone for access to social services.